Heroic Comedic Sociopath: Kevin has shades of this, as pointed out in the Honest Trailers reel (manipulation, talking to himself, trapping a pair of non-violent criminals in a sadistic world of torture, from which there is no escape...)

Parental Neglect: Kevin's parents don't seem to be particularly mean, but they often ignore him and don't care about his feelings. Plus, what kind of parents would forget about their 8 year-old kid and leave him home alone on Christmas? Although, in all fairness, the home was in chaos with the extended family there. We have no reason to believe his parents are like this all year round.

Pay Evil unto Evil: All the sadistic things he does to Harry and Marv. They are the bad guys, anyway.

When they nearly hit Kevin with their van, they both take time to admonish him to be more careful when crossing the street. It was only Kevin reacting at Harry's gold tooth (which he remembered from when Harry came to his house posing as a cop,) that caused the duo to become suspicious and start following him.

Arch-Enemy: After all the pains and injures they suffered thanks to Kevin it becomes personal.

Not-So-Harmless Villain: Harry actually manages to get information from the neighbors by disguising himself as a policeman.

At the end of the first film, he outsmarted Kevin and caught him. He would have bitten Kevin's fingers off if Marley hadn't shown up. At the end of the second film, he pulls a gun on Kevin and is about to shoot him in the face when the pigeon lady appears.

Red Right Hand: His golden tooth in the first movie which he loses after being hit with a tin can by Kevin.

Scars Are Forever: In the first film, he tries to open a door, not knowing that Kevin had heated up the doorknob on the other side. He burns his right hand and cools it off in the snow. In the second film, it is revealed to have lift a burn scar in the shape of an M on his right palm that he still has a year later. One of the few injuries in any of the films that is actually depicted realistically.

Shout-Out: The credits list his last name as "Lime". There was another villain named Harry Lime in The Third Man.

Stupid Crooks: Harry isn't all that smart himself (he never made it to the sixth grade in fact), but Marv is much, much dumber. His idiot moments include:

Flooding all the houses they rob just to leave a Calling Card, which allows the police to tie all their thefts together.

After stepping on broken glass and cutting his feet, instead of clearing the rest of the glass out of the way, he walks over the rest of it.

Stealing many things in broad daylight after he just broke out of prison.

Admitting to the police that they tried to steal from a children's charity, despite Harry telling him they have the right to remain silent.

And perhaps his biggest idiot moment of all, in the second film, he walks into a room and does not notice a large gaping hole in the floor in front of him that anyone with half a brain cell would see.

Took a Level in Dumbass: In Home Alone 2, he is a lot dumber than in the first film, possibly thanks to the head injuries he sustained in the first film (and/or additional head injuries he might have sustained in prison).

Peter McCallister (John Heard)

Only Sane Man: In relative terms, anyway. In Home Alone 1, Peter tried to talk Kate into waiting for the next flight from Paris to Chicago instead of hopping from airport to airport. She didn't listen, but he turned out to be right. He and the whole family arrive home exactly when she does.

Frank McCallister (Gerry Bamman)

"Look what you did you little jerk!"

Evil Uncle: He's not evil, but treats Kevin quite poorly, and shows no emotion when his parents leave him behind accidentally. In the sequel, he hasn't changed much, although he does mellow slightly by the end.

Buzz McCallister (Devin Ratray)

Karma Houdini: In the second movie. Sure, Kevin pushes him down after the electric candle debacle, but Buzz still gets away with conning the whole family with an insincere apology after the fact, and suffers no retribution.

Pet the Dog: Although he does redeem himself with a genuinely sincere speech in thanks to Kevin at the end of the sequel.

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